THOMAS IN THE NEWS

First Nations leaders are demanding a formal investigation into claims made by Brendan Moyle, former head of the ACT Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, that senior ACT public servants blocked work...

Holding a rape victim's hand while they undergo medical examination in hospital is just one of the way Paula McGrady supports sexual violence survivors in Canberra.

2025 was the year of advocacy.  The student population was out in full force, protest attendance was at an all-time high, and there was palpable outrage in the air. 

Canberra's biggest landlord is under fire for failing to repair and maintain its properties in a timely way — or at all.

Public housing tenants have been left waiting months for urgent repairs, sometimes living with mould and leaking rooves, according to a new report from the ACT Ombudsman. The report, Falling through the gaps: How Housing...

An independent MLA hasn’t been successful in compelling the Legislative Assembly to implement all 13 reforms which he believes will “turn around” the early childhood education and care system – but they will at...

Community Services Minister Suzanne Orr has been slammed by other ACT members over what they called a “plan to make a plan” to address food insecurity in the Territory.

The ACT Government’s reasons for not including a diving facility in the planned $138 million Canberra Aquatic Centre don’t hold water for local politicians and community groups who have written to the Chief Minister,...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has won Assembly support for examining a package of 13 reforms to strengthen safety standards in Canberra’s early childhood sector.

Police will return seized art posters to a Canberra music venue that depicted Donald Trump and other world leaders in Nazi uniforms, confirming there would be no charges laid under new hate symbol laws.

A politician and tech chief executive are calling for the ACT to modernise its Working With Vulnerable People (WWVP) system to help protect children after a childcare worker retained their card despite being fired...

A Canberra bar is being investigated under the federal government's new hate laws over a series of posters, which the owner says are satirical. Dissent Cafe and Bar have posters depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Police have seized art posters from a Canberra music venue and bar that depict world leaders and others, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, wearing Nazi uniforms, and are investigating whether new federal hate symbol...

A dive pool should be built as part of the aquatic facility already planned for Commonwealth Park and to try to build it at other sites in the ACT would be "financially reckless", the...

Canberra families pay nearly $100 more to put their children in long day care centres than other Australians despite having the least qualified and and most inexperienced teachers, new data shows. The Productivity Commission...

More than two in five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ACT public servants do not feel culturally safe in their workplace, according to the latest employee survey results. The 2025 ACT Public Service Employee...

The ACT Government is doubling down on its plans to build the new Canberra Aquatic Centre at Commonwealth Park, saying it will not look at redeveloping the existing Canberra Olympic Pool.

Focus on children’s safety, introduce land reforms, close loopholes, increase regulator resourcing and actually impose fines for breaches: these are the five initial calls for reform that an ACT MLA wants for the early...

The ACT Government will reduce lease variation charges on Community Housing Providers (CHPs) or private developers that include social or affordable rental housing, aiming to boost supply and lower costs. Under the new rules, developments...

The ACT Government’s new 50-metre outdoor pool in Woden has been welcomed but Independent MLA Thomas Emerson says it’s only the first step.